Re: would like info on lactose intolerance

August 13, 2009

The problem with pasteurized milk is that there are no probiotics or enzymes in

it. Drinking cold pasteurized milk is something fairly new mankind has been

doing only in the past 100 years. Unlike starches, which you have to cook,

lactose needs enzymes in order to digest. This may be due to the fact that

humans probably have been consuming cooked starches for the past 15,000 years

and so our body has evolved to produce our own enzymes for starches, while we

have only been consuming heated lactose for the past century. Your body has to

overcompensate by producing enzymes to break down the lactose, and with that

much pasteurized milk anybody would develop an allergy. In European cultures it

was popular to ferment the milk in the past.

Add chocolate syrup to the raw milk, or even more healthy, cacao syrup from

www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com and see if they like that.

From: Gayle hardine <ghardine02@...>

Subject: would like info on lactose intolerance

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 11:18 PM

My husband and I are both white. My husband's previous wife

was Black; therefore, my 3 step-sons are all part Black and part White. Of

course these are all just words, it can be hard to tell how " Black " or " White "

someone really is and in what context. His ex-wife is somewhat dark and so are

the boys, although they are lighter than she is. The issue is that I think they

are all lactose intolerant. I don't know if they are more likely to be lactose

intolerant if they are darker or not. Their mother is lactose intolerant. The

oldest boy has alot of mucus. He is continually blowing his nose, clearing his

throat and he has a problem with acne. The middle boy has lots of emotional

upsets. He is anxious, anxiety ridden, cries sometimes, gets angry and

sometimes gets violent and hits things. He has hit people in school. The

youngest boy is very lethargic, and has multiple learning disabilities. The boys

will swear that

they are not

lactose intolerant, give as proof that they love milk and get quite upset at

the thought that they give it up. This attitude just makes me think that they

do have a problem with it. I know that lactose intolerance is not an allergy,

but I have heard that people with allergies often love and crave the food they

are allergic to. Can this be the same with people who are lactose intolerance,

will they also love and crave milk? Maybe it's not even lactose and they should

just be drinking raw milk or maybe they're really are allergic to milk, all

milk. Does any of this sould like lactose intolerance or milk allergy. Also,

is it true that people who are lactose intolerant will have no problem drinking

raw milk?

Two of the boys live with us and we have to buy 2 gallons of milk about every 3

days. The oldest boy drinks even more milk than his brothers do that live with

us. This is regular pasteurized, homogenized milk, because , the

youngest, will not drink raw milk. He doesn't like it and says it has a weird

after taste. I also buy 1 1/2 gallons of raw milk a week, which their father

likes and the older boy, does also. However, doesn't always drink

it as he is worried about the increased fat. I have tried to explain that it's

healthier and may alleviate some of his problems.

Their father just says it wouldn't matter if they are lactose intolerant or not,

because you can overcome lactose intolerance. By drinking milk you will develop

lactase. If that were true, there would be no lactose intolerance or mention of

it. If milk made people sick they would just keep drinking it, since most

people are unaware of what makes them sick and the lactose intolerance would go

away. I don't think it works that way, at all. I think it may be possible to

develop lactase, if you stop drinking milk for a period of time and then

reintroduce it in small amounts at intervals. It doesn't just happen. If

anyone has any insight into this could you please let me know. I would love to

just get rid of the other milk and only have raw, but these are teenagers, and

it's so hard to interest them in what's healthy for them.

Thank you so much for any information you can provide,

gayle

August 13, 2009

A lot of African-Americans are dairy intolerant (I think it's more than just the

lactose) because their ancestors didn't consume dairy, but in parts of Africa

dairy was an important part of their diet, so it's not skin color as much as

ancestry that determines it, I believe.

My daughter had lots of behavior problems when she drank milk -

oppositional/defiant behavior, moodiness, learning problems. She would actually

cry for a cup of milk, she wanted it that much. We switched to soy for awhile

(gasp!) and she got better. She is able to tolerate raw milk very well, along

with sheep milk products (even cheese where heating is part of the process).

Ironically, now that she can tolerate the milk she doesn't drink that much of

it. I do think there is a piece of craving the foods they're allergic to.

>

> My husband and I are both white. My husband's previous wife was Black;

therefore, my 3 step-sons are all part Black and part White. Of course these

are all just words, it can be hard to tell how " Black " or " White " someone really

is and in what context. His ex-wife is somewhat dark and so are the boys,

although they are lighter than she is. The issue is that I think they are all

lactose intolerant. I don't know if they are more likely to be lactose